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Approaches in Enhancing Thermotolerance in Plants: An Updated Review

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Global warming has been increasing manifold in recent times, and this may cause tremendous economic losses in the near future. Recently, heat stress is considered one of the major constraints affecting crop growth and yield at world level. Heat stress reduced the plant growth, photosynthesis, mineral nutrients, and yield attributes. Heat stress caused both ultrastructural alterations and oxidative stress in different parts of plants. Plants can tolerate certain levels of heat stress by maintaining membrane stability, adjusting antioxidants and compatible solutes, and scavenging reactive oxygen species. Heat tolerance in plants can be improved by selecting heat-tolerant cultivars, genetic engineering, and exogenous application of osmolytes, microbes, mineral nutrients, soil amendments, and proper agricultural practices. This review is devoted to discuss the plants’ physiological and biochemical responses to heat stress and various integrated approaches to improve heat stress tolerance in plants.

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The authors wants to say thanks to Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan for financial support. This study also financially assisted by HEC, Pakistan under HEC Project No. 20-3653/NRPU/R&D/HEC/14/437 and NRPU Project No. 5634/Punjab/NRPU/R&D/HEC/2016.

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    Shafaqat Ali, Muhammad Rizwan, Muhammad Saleem Arif, Rehan Ahmad & Afzal Hussain

  2. Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

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  3. Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Faisalabad, 38040, Pakistan

    Basharat Ali

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Ali, S., Rizwan, M., Arif, M.S. et al. Approaches in Enhancing Thermotolerance in Plants: An Updated Review. J Plant Growth Regul 39, 456–480 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00344-019-09994-x

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